The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-02-23
Harvard Club In Maine.

Inc annual meeting and dinner OF the
Harvard Club in Maine was held at the
Preble House last evening. There were pres
ent Vice President Dalton, who presided in
the absence of Rev. DIR. Hill, president of the
association-who was absent in st. Louis
Judge Nathan Webb, District Attorney
George E. Bird, DR.. /. T. Dana, City Clerk
George c. Burgess, Dr. Ii. p. Merrill, Messrs.
L. Clifford Wade, A. NJ. Bradley, Ex-Mayor
George L. Walker, S.W. Thaxter, A. S. Thay-
er, Harry Butler, George ID. Rand, l.. ID.
Hight, DR.. Woodman.
President Hyde of Bowdoin College liar
ward TO-, was also present as the guest of the
Club.
Hon. G. e. Bird was appointed commit
tee to report a list of nominations for the
officers of the club. He reported the follow
ing list which was unanimously elected:
President-Rev. DIR. Thomas HILL
wee Presidents Rev Dr. Asa Dalton, George
c. Burgess
Secretary-A NJ Bradley
Treasurcr-W. M. Sargent.
Several gentlemen wereiproposed for men,
bership whose names will lie over until the
next meeting under the rules.
After the meeting the club adjourned to
the small dining room. where plates had been
laid for twenty. The floral decorations were
very handsome, and at each plate a small
bout0nniere was placed.
The menu card was an elegant affair. The
finest material Bristol card was used. On
the cover upon stained imitation strip of
birch bark, enclosed in a loose envelope and
tied with knot of crimson ribbon, was the
title, Harvard Club, Preble House, Februa-
ry I'D, 1887" The following was the menu:
Blue Points,
Terrapin Soup.
Baked Whitefsh Port Wine Sauce
French Fried Potatoes
Boiled Capon, Celery Sauce
Veal Outlets, Dreaded, with French Peas
Orange Fritters, Wine Sauce.
Tenderloin of Beef, with Mushrooms.
Masb aaq Rsaw Of pHenson with Current Jelly
roman funch
Roast Grouse. ''''''
Quail.
Vanilla Cream. Champagne Jelly.
Coffee. Cake.
Cigars.
The service was admirable, and the several
courses were served quickly--noiselessly by
the corps of trained walters under the charge
of Mr.. Peter Clarity.
just before the close of the dinner the fol-
lowing members Of the Harvard Snow Shoe
Club who had just arrived from the White
Mountains, on the way to Boston, were en-
tertained: Prof Louis Dyer and Mr.. Albert
Thorndike of Cambridge, and Messrs Geo.
b. Morrison and Geo. w. Beals of Boston.
The two latter gentlemen had just made the
ascent of Mt Washington, while the other
two had formed part of party of seventeen
including among the ladies Miss Sara Orne
Jewett the authoress, and Mrs. James T.
Fields of Boston, who had been enjoying
the wonders of the White Mountain range
in winter.
After the cloth was removed President
Hyde was happily introduced by Judge
Webb and made a capital speech. He re-
ferred to the connection between Harvard
and Bowdoin. to the fact that four of the
first board of trustees of Bowdoin were Har-
ward men and the first president Harvard
man. He referred also to the handsome
manner in which Bow doin had re-
paid the debt by the men she had sent to
Harvard as professors. He thought that to
make Harvard what was intended, uniyer-
sity in fact as well as name, that the post
graduate system should be carriedout thus
centering there the highest minds of all col
leges.
President Hyde's remarks were received
with loud applause. Remarks were after
wards made by the guests Of the club and
the members, and old college songs sung and
stories told.